Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Fox Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17097860807 · Lake County, IL · pop 3,404 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Fox Lake
Census tract 17097860807 covers part of Fox Lake, IL, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,404. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,760
Renter share24.4%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$65,741
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fox Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.4534, -88.1799 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fox Lake scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fox Lake
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,102 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fox Lake
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fox Lake
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fox Lake
7.1
How Fox Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fox Lake
Against Lake County at 42.6%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.3/10.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10.
On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 4.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,102, close to the Fox Lake average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $65,741.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097860807
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097860807?
Census tract 17097860807 in Fox Lake scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17097860807?
Median gross rent is $1,102/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097860807?
10.0% of residents in tract 17097860807 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,404.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097860807?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 49th, minority 17th, housing 13th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097860807 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097860807 compare to Fox Lake overall?
Tract 17097860807 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Fox Lake at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fox Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fox Lake
Top eight tracts in Fox Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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